1921 New York Yankees season

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1921 New York Yankees 1921 AL Champions
Major league affiliations
American League (Since 1901)
Location
Polo Grounds (Since 1913) New York City, New York (Since 1903)
1921 Information
Owner(s)	Jacob Ruppert and Tillinghast L'Hommedieu Huston
Manager(s)	Miller Huggins
Local television	none
Local radio	none

The 1921 New York Yankees season was the 19th season for the Yankees in New York and their 21st overall. The team finished with a record of 98-55, winning their first pennant in franchise history, winning the American League by 4 1/2 games over the previous year's champion, the Cleveland Indians. New York was managed by Miller Huggins. Home games were played at the Polo Grounds.

1 Regular Season
- 1.1 Season standings
- 1.2 Roster
2 Game Log
- 2.1 Player stats
  - 2.1.1 Batting
    - 2.1.1.1 Other batters
- 2.2 Starting pitchers
  - 2.2.1 Other pitchers
    - 2.2.1.1 Relief pitchers
3 World Series
4 Awards and records
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Regular Season

With star slugger Babe Ruth hitting 59 home runs, setting a new major league home run record for the third consecutive year, while also having probably his greatest overall season statistically, the Yankees appeared to be the team to beat in the World Series. Their landlords, the New York Giants, had rebuilt after slipping a bit in the late 1910s, and had won the National League pennant. For the first time, all the games of a World Series would be held in the same ballpark. The best-5-of-9 Series (its last before returning to the best-4-of-7 format) saw the Yankees take a 3 games to 1 lead, but Ruth suffered a serious injury that took him out of the remaining games, save for one pinch-hit appearance, and the Giants rallied to win the Series 5 games to 3.

[edit] Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Yankees	98	55	.641	--
Cleveland Indians	94	60	.610	4
St. Louis Browns	81	73	.526	17½
Washington Senators	80	73	.523	18
Boston Red Sox	75	79	.487	23½
Detroit Tigers	71	82	.464	27
Chicago White Sox	62	92	.403	36½
Philadelphia Athletics	53	100	.346	45

[edit] Roster

1921 New York Yankees roster

v • d • e

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

X Miller Huggins

[edit] Game Log

1921 Game Log

April

#	Date	Opponent	Stadium	Score	Record
1	April 13	Philadelphia Athletics	Polo Grounds	11 - 1	1 - 0
2	April 14	Philadelphia Athletics	Polo Grounds	4 - 3	1 - 1
3	April 16	Philadelphia Athletics	Polo Grounds	3 - 1	2 - 1
4	April 17	Boston Red Sox	Polo Grounds	4 - 0	3 - 1
5	April 20	Boston Red Sox	Polo Grounds	8 - 4	4 - 1
6	April 21	@Philadelphia Athletics	Shibe Park	6 - 1	5 - 1
7	April 22	@Philadelphia Athletics	Shibe Park	11 - 4	5 - 2
8	April 24	Washington Senators	Polo Grounds	3 - 1	5 - 3
9	April 25	Washington Senators	Polo Grounds	5 - 3	5 - 4
10	April 26	Washington Senators	Polo Grounds	5 - 4	5 - 5
11	April 27	Washington Senators	Polo Grounds	5 - 3	5 - 6
12	April 28	Washington Senators	Polo Grounds	9 - 5	6 - 6

May

#	Date	Stadium	Record
13	May 2	Fenway Park	6 - 7
14	May 3	Fenway Park	7 - 7
15	May 6	Griffith Stadium	8 - 7
16	May 7	Griffith Stadium	9 - 7
17	May 8	Polo Grounds	9 - 8
18	May 10	Tiger Stadium	10 - 8
19	May 11	Tiger Stadium	10 - 9
20	May 12	Tiger Stadium	11 - 9
21	May 13	Tiger Stadium	12 - 9
22	May 14		13 - 9
23	May 15		14 - 9
24	May 16		15 - 9
25	May 17		15 - 10
26	May 18		15 - 11
27	May 19		16 - 11
28	May 20		16 - 12
29	May 21		17 - 12
30	May 22		18 - 12
31	May 23		19 - 12
32	May 24		19 - 13
33	May 25		19 - 14
34	May 26		20 - 14
35	May 27	Polo Grounds	21 - 14
36	May 28	Polo Grounds	22 - 14
37	May 29	Polo Grounds	23 - 14
38	May 30		24 - 14
39	May 30		24 - 15
40	May 30		24 - 16

June

#	Date	Opponent	Stadium	Score	Record
41	June 1
42	June 2
43	June 3
44	June 4
45	June 5
46	June 6
47	June 7
48	June 8
49	June 9
50	June 10
51	June 11
52	June 12
53	June 13
54	June 14
55	June 15
56	June 16
57	June 18
58	June 19
59	June 20
60	June 21
61	June 21
62	June 22
63	June 22
64	June 23
65	June 24
66	June 25
67	June 26
68	June 29
69	June 29

July

#	Date	Opponent	Stadium	Score	Record
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93

August

#	Date	Opponent	Stadium	Score	Record
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121

September

#	Date	Opponent	Stadium	Score	Record
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150

October

#	Date	Opponent	Stadium	Score	Record
151	October 1	Philadelphia Athletics	Polo Grounds	5 - 3	96-55
152	October 1	Philadelphia Athletics	Polo Grounds	7 - 6	97-55
153	October 2	Boston Red Sox	Polo Grounds	7 - 6	98-55

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Frank Baker	94	330	97	.294	9	71
Bob Meusel	149	598	190	.318	24	136
Elmer Miller	56	242	72	.298	4	36
Roger Peckinpaugh	149	577	166	.288	8	71
Wally Pipp	153	588	174	.296	8	98
Babe Ruth	152	540	204	.378	59	171
Wally Schang	134	424	134	.316	6	55
Aaron Ward	153	556	170	.306	5	75

[edit] Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Ping Bodie	31	87	15	.172	0	12
Tom Connelly	4	5	1	.200	0	0
Al DeVormer	22	49	17	.347	0	7
Chick Fewster	25	207	58	.280	1	19
Chicken Hawks	41	73	21	.280	2	15
Fred Hofmann	23	62	11	.177	1	5
Mike McNally	71	215	56	.260	1	24
Johnny Mitchell	13	42	11	.262	0	2
Braggo Roth	43	152	43	.283	2	10

[edit] Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Rip Collins	28	137.3	11	5	5.44	64
Waite Hoyt	43	282.3	19	13	3.09	102
Carl Mays	49	336.7	27	9	3.05	70
Bill Piercy	14	81.7	5	4	2.98	35
Bob Shawkey	38	245	18	12	4.08	35

[edit] Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Harry Harper	8	52.7	4	3	3.76	22
Tom Rogers	5	11	0	1	7.36	0
Babe Ruth	2	9	2	0	9.00	2

[edit] Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Alex Ferguson	17	3	1	1	5.91	9
Jack Quinn	33	8	7	0	3.78	44
Tom Sheehan	12	1	0	1	5.45	7

[edit] World Series

Main article: 1921 World Series

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Score	Record (NYG-NYY)	Attendance
1	October 5	New York Yankees	3	New York Giants	0	0-1	30,202
2	October 6	New York Giants	0	New York Yankees	3	0-2	34,939
3	October 7	New York Yankees	5	New York Giants	13	1-2	36,509
4	October 9 ‡	New York Giants	4	New York Yankees	2	2-2	36,372
5	October 10 ‡	New York Yankees	3	New York Giants	1	2-3	35,758
6	October 11 ‡	New York Giants	8	New York Yankees	5	3-3	34,238
7	October 12 ‡	New York Yankees	1	New York Giants	2	4-3	36,503
8	October 13 ‡	New York Giants	1	New York Yankees	0	5-3	25,410
New York Giants win 5-3

[edit] Awards and records

Babe Ruth, Yankees Single Season Record, Runs Scored in a Season (177)

[edit] References

1921 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

v • d • e 1921 MLB season by team

American League	Boston • Chicago • Cleveland • Detroit • New York • Philadelphia • St. Louis • Washington

National League	Boston • Brooklyn • Chicago • Cincinnati • New York • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • St. Louis

1921 World Series

v • d • e New York Yankees

Formerly the Baltimore Orioles and the New York Highlanders • Based in the Bronx, New York City, New York

The Franchise	History • Seasons • Records • Players • Managers and Owners • Broadcasters

Ballparks	Oriole Park • Hilltop Park • Polo Grounds • Yankee Stadium • Shea Stadium • New Yankee Stadium (future)

Culture	The Bleacher Creatures • Curse of the Bambino • Monument Park • Bob Sheppard • Old-Timers' Day • Murderers' Row • Babe Ruth's called shot • Dandy • Pine Tar Incident • Freddy Sez • Jeffrey Maier • George Costanza • "Here Come the Yankees" • "Theme from New York, New York" • "Haya Doin'?" • Yankees Universe

Rivalries	Yankees-Red Sox rivalry • Yankees-Mets rivalry • Yankees-Dodgers rivalry • Subway Series

Important Figures	Jack Chesbro • Jacob Ruppert • Miller Huggins • Babe Ruth • Lou Gehrig • Waite Hoyt • Herb Pennock • Earle Combs • Tony Lazzeri • Bill Dickey • Red Ruffing • Lefty Gomez • Joe McCarthy • Joe DiMaggio • Phil Rizzuto • Vic Raschi • Allie Reynolds • Yogi Berra • Don Larsen • Casey Stengel • Whitey Ford • Mickey Mantle • Bobby Richardson • Moose Skowron • Elston Howard • Roger Maris • Joe Pepitone • Roy White • Bobby Murcer • Thurman Munson • Catfish Hunter • Graig Nettles • Billy Martin • Ron Guidry • Willie Randolph • Reggie Jackson • Rich Gossage • Dave Righetti • Dave Winfield • Don Mattingly • Bernie Williams • Paul O'Neill • Andy Pettitte • David Cone • Joe Torre • Derek Jeter • Mariano Rivera • Tino Martinez • Jorge Posada • Mike Mussina • David Wells • Scott Brosius • Roger Clemens • Hideki Matsui • Alex Rodriguez •

Retired Numbers	1 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 7 • 8 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 15 • 16 • 23 • 32 • 37 • 42 • 44 • 49

Key Personnel	Owners: George Steinbrenner • Hal Steinbrenner • Hank Steinbrenner • General Manager: Brian Cashman • Manager: Joe Girardi

World Series Championships (26)	1923 • 1927 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1937 • 1938 • 1939 • 1941 • 1943 • 1947 • 1949 • 1950 • 1951 • 1952 • 1953 • 1956 • 1958 • 1961 • 1962 • 1977 • 1978 • 1996 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000

American League Pennants (39)	1921 • 1922 • 1923 • 1926 • 1927 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1937 • 1938 • 1939 • 1941 • 1942 • 1943 • 1947 • 1949 • 1950 • 1951 • 1952 • 1953 • 1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1981 • 1996 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2003

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Minor League Affiliates	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (AAA) • Trenton (AA) • Tampa (A) • Charleston (A) • Staten Island (A) • Gulf Coast Yankees (Rookie)

Other Assets	YES Network • Yankee Global Enterprises LLC

Preceded by Cleveland Indians 1920	American League Champions New York Yankees 1921	Succeeded by New York Yankees 1922

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